Severstal Steel Solutions, a part of Severstal Russian Steel, has started supplying metal structures for the construction of a coal thermal power plant in Yakutia. By May 25, the company will have supplied 1 thousand tons of metal structures. All the products are shipped directly from the Severstal shop to the construction site via railroad.…
Severstal reported that in January-March its average prices for iron ore pellets increased to $86 per ton from $36 per ton a year ago, with export destinations being Europe and the Near East. In Q4 2016 Karelsky Okatysh sold pellets at $49 per ton on average, as the prices increased because of the Brazilian Samarco…
Severstal Balakovo, a part of Severstal Russian Steel, has started producing hot-rolled wire (wire rod) with 6.5 mm diameter. The quality has been confirmed by the laboratory tests and corresponds to GOST 2590 and TU 14-1-5283-94. The shop can produce some 65 tons of wire rods per hour. The wire rods are used in the…
Severstal has announced its operational results for Q1 2017. According to its press release, hot metal output remained largely unchanged, decreasing only by 1%, to 2.34 million tons (Q4 2016 – 2.36 million tons) compared with the previous quarter. Crude steel production declined by 2%m, to 2.86 million tons (2.92 million tons). Crude steel output…
In January-March Severstal produced 2.86 million tons of steel, down by 2% YoY. According to the company statement, the decrease was due to the planned repairs of converters No. 2 and 3 at CherMK. Pig iron output decreased by 1% YoY, to 2.34 million tons. Severstal sales in Q1 dropped by 9% YoY, to 2.53…
The Moscow regional center of Severstal Distribution has won the tender to supply 1.1 thousand tons of A500S rebars with 8-36 mm diameter for the new gold mine at the Gross deposits, belonging to Nordgold. The company will have supplied the whole batch by the end of April. This is the second tender to supply…
The Federal Antimonopoly Service has stopped investigation in Mechel, Severstal and Evraz alleged increase of rebars prices. Last summer constructors and machine-builders applied to FAS as to the drastic increase in metal prices, in particular, of rebars (by 34-103% from December 2015 till May 2016). The service started investigating the matter in July 2016, suspecting…
From March 29, Severstal decreased prices on its main products – hot- and cold-rolled metal, galvanized metal and polymer-coated metal – by 2.7-6.2% per ton, depending on the product. “Despite a slight pressure on the prime cost of our products of such factors as ruble strengthening and tariff increase, we decrease our ruble prices. We…